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Appropriating the Weather: Vilhelm Bjerknes and the Construction of a Modern Meteorology [Paperback]

Robert Marc Friedman (Author)

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Publication Date: November 1, 1993

"The history of modern meteorology has been shaped by a few brilliant individuals, whose enormous contributions set conditions for permanent progress. Robert Marc Friedman's book is a serious and substantial contribution to the documentation of this history." --American Meteorological Society

"In this very thoughtful and extremely well-researched and well-written [book] Robert Marc Friedman relates the story of Vilhelm Bjerknes's switch to geophysical studies and his subsequent development of scientific study of the weather into a persuasive new professional discipline." --Isis

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Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Cornell University Press (November 1, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801481600
ISBN-13: 978-0801481604
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces

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Jacob Bjerknes, West Norway, World War, Fridtjof Nansen, North Sea, United States, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Carl Anton, New York, Svante Arrhenius, Air Ministry, Carnegie Institution, Tor Bergeron, William Napier Shaw, Forecasting Leads, Met Office, Wartime Exigencies, Great Britain, Meteorological Office, Wilhelm Keilhau, Atlantic Ocean, Bjerknes Turns, Bjorn Helland-Hansen, International Meteorological Committee, Meteorology of the Temperate Zone

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The Thermal Theory of Cyclones: A History of Meteorological Thought in the Nineteenth Century (Historical Monography Series) by Gisela Kutzbach in Front Matter, and page 37
Legacy of Flight: The Guggenheim Contribution to American Aviation by Richard Hallion on page 143, and Back Matter
Giants in the sky: A history of the rigid airship by Douglas Hill Robinson on page 93, and page 142
Invention of the Meteorological Instruments by Professor W. E. Knowles Middleton in Front Matter, and page 49
The nineteenth century (A Literary history of Spain) by Donald Leslie Shaw in Front Matter

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